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Guest hosting TechTidbits Daily!

Tech Tidbits Daily is part of Steven Holden’s podcast at Technewsradio.com. He does a 20min or so podcast called Tech Rag Tearouts and shorter versions through out the week called Tech Tidbits Daily which are about 1-3 minutes each. Tech Rag Tearouts is just that, as Steven reads articles he tears them out to keep and he uses that as material for his podcasts.

Steven Holden is taking a vacation, and asked for volunteers to guest host while he is out so I am doing 3, Today July 25th, July 28th, and August 2nd. There are a lot of others also doing the Tech Tidbits Daily too so give it a go, and subscribe over here.

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Free Open Source 3D Shoot and Frag Game…

It uses HFX textures by Evil Lair, and the Quake 1 Darkplaces engine, and currently has 17 maps to frag in. You also can connect to our master server to play people from all over the world. The game’s content and source are GPL. Meaning, it is entirely free and any of it can be used in other free projects, even if modified.

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Dueling iPods! Alright!

I use to DJ back in the Dark Ages. I loved matching beats, and mixing up songs. There is this great satisfaction that you get when people are dancing and partying to what you are playing…

I haven’t mixed in a while, but it is still an interest to me. Anyway, look at what showed up over at Engadget! Set up a mixing stack with iPods!

Oh how I wish that I had MP3’s back then. I could have saved my back hauling around all those records.

Numark busts out iDJ dueling iPod mixer – Engadget – www.engadget.com

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Battlestar Galactica…More than you ever need to know.

Man it is good to be a scifi geek…Tonight starts the Second season of the current Battlestar Galactica series, and I cannot wait.

What’s that… you missed the first season? Well..You can get caught up easily with a little help from Wikipedia (See link below).

By The Way….Don’t forget to subscribe to the Battlestar Galactica Podcast to get insider commentary from producer Ron Moore on the show. Also, off of thier main website, I just noticed that David Eick is providing a Video Blog on the production of the episodes of the show and they have last seasons finale available to watch!

This shows me once again that these guys are working the fans, and giving them want.

Battlestar Galactica (2003) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This new series was promoted as a “re-imagining” of the Universal Studios late-1970s movie and television series Battlestar Galactica. It was not simply a remake of the original but a new direction taken from the same original premise, analogous to a “reboot” in comic books.

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Rockstar INXS

I was a big fan of INXS through the 80’s and 90’s. I loved them from the first time that a friend introduced me to their album The Swing. When I first heard that they were doing a reality show to find a new lead singer, at first I thought.. “Come on you can’t replace Michael Hutchence.”

However, I set Tivo to start catching it… and I have to say that was the most entertaining show that I have watched in a long time. I missed the first show that came on Monday, but I watched their performances on Tuesday night, and I was stunned. Everyone of the contestants were awesome. They performed music ranging from Mamas and the Papas to the Kinks to Black Crowes. It got me to listen to the other part of my iPod that I have been neglecting…My Music. I hope that it continues to be as good as Tuesdays show….

So if you are into Rock and or INXS, it is well worth it. Check it out Here. It isn’t American Idol.

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Podcasters stats surge because of iTunes…

I have heard a lot of Podcasters talking about their surge in listenership since iTunes 4.9 was released. I am sure that is taking place some, but I wonder how much of the surge is not new subscriptions to podcasts as much as it is people “Previewing” their show from within iTunes. I believe that would count as a download…

Just thinking out loud.